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Thursday, February 16, 2017
4:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
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3 Times Square
New York, New York 10036
The Center for Financial Services at the College of Business and Economics at Lehigh University will present a panel discussion of the unintended consequences of financial reform in New York City on February 16, 2017. In the wake of the financial crisis, a myriad of financial regulations have been adopted by both domestic and international securities and banking regulators. Yet little attention has been paid to the way these regulations interact and overlap with each other. Heightened regulatory capital requirements, changing standards for oversight, increased compliance costs and a low interest rate environment contribute to the potential for regulatory arbitrage and the movement of capital into the unregulated financial sector.
Partner Jay Baris will participate in a panel discussion regarding ways in such activities should or should not be mitigated as well as possible changes to the regulatory landscape under the new administration.
For more information, or to register for the conference, please click here.

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ARLINGTON (AP) — The way Mariano Rivera helped kick the Texas Rangers out of the playoffs, their parting gift was appropriate.
The Rangers honored Rivera before his final regular-season game in Texas, presenting baseball's career saves leader with a pair of cowboy boots inscribed with the New York Yankees logo, his name and No. 42. He was also given a cowboy hat before Thursday's series finale, and the team donated a $5,000 check for the Mariano Rivera Foundation that helps needy children.
The boots were presented by John Wetteland, who before becoming the Rangers' career saves leader was the Yankees closer and was set up by Rivera during their 1996 World Series championship season.
"Who knew that this wide-eyed kid would become the greatest closer in history? If you look back in retrospect, it makes sense," Wetteland said. "I never saw anybody who paid so much attention to detail. He would sit there quiet, but he would know what was being said. Now I tell him, 'You never said a word, you're always just looking at people,' and he says, 'I was taking it in.'"
Rivera has pitched 14 scoreless innings in 10 playoff appearances against the Rangers, including two saves in both the 1998 and 1999 AL division series the Yankees swept in three games each. The only playoff game he has pitched against Texas that the Yankees lost was Game 6 of the AL championship series in 2010, when he threw one perfect inning in the game the Rangers won to clinch their first World Series berth.
The hat was brought out by Rangers closer Joe Nathan, who had the save in last week's All-Star game after Rivera pitched the eighth. Rivera slipped the black hat over his Yankees cap to pose for pictures with Wetteland and Nathan.
Hall of Fame pitcher and major league strikeout king Nolan Ryan, the Rangers CEO, helped present the check to Rivera.
"Dominant. Professional. Ambassador," Rangers manager Ron Washington said, describing Rivera before the game. "Automatic, and any type of adjective that you can find to describe him in a bright, bright, bright, bright light, that's what you do. Class act."
Before getting to consecutive World Series in 2010 and 2011, the Rangers' only other playoff appearances had been in 1996, 1998 and 1999 — all series losses to the Yankees, who went on to win the World Series each time.
Texas catcher A.J. Pierzynski said Rivera with his cutter "commands his pitch that he does better any anyone has done" and should go down as the best reliever of all-time.
"When I think of him, I think of one pitch and 1-2-3 innings," said Rangers reliever Jason Frasor, who spent the past nine seasons pitching for Toronto in the AL East vs. the Yankees.
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Call for Nominations for the University Startups Showcase West in Sept. 2013
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Invitation to Universities
Call for Nominations
for the University Startups Showcase West
Virtually and In San Francisco In September 2013
Nominate your best startups to present to the nation's premier investors
as part of the University Startups Showcase (USS) Virtually and in
San Francisco September 2013.
The National Council on Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2) asks universities to nominate their best startups and have them present to the nation's premier investors (see participants list below) as part of the University Startups Showcase (USS).
What is the University Startups Showcase (USS)?
The USS will showcase the best university startup companies, as nominated by the country's major research universities, to leading venture capitalists, angel investors, strategic corporate investors and SBIR program managers.
Nominated companies to the USS will have the opportunity to:
1. Present in VIRTUAL SHOWCASES between April and September 2013 – NCET2 will showcase the nominated startups on the online virtual University Startups Showcase to an invitation-only group of over 100 angel investors, VCs and Global 1000 companies [see participant list below].
2. Present in IN-PERSON SHOWCASES in San Francisco in September 2013 at the University Startups Showcase West in San Francisco.
University Startups Showcases East and West will alternate approximately every 6 months between the east and west coast.
The University Startups Showcases are organized by NCET2, and supported by the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and Angel Capital Association (ACA).
Who can be nominated?
We invite university startups in all fields, including but not limited to:
• Chemical/Materials
• Electronics
• Energy
• Environmental
• Healthcare/Biotech
• Industrial
• Information Technology
• Manufacturing
• Media/Communications
• Software/Services
How to Nominate Your Startups
The nomination form is at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LHTY3KD. The startup or university can complete the nomination form, but the university must approve the self-nominated companies. If you have any questions, please see http://ncet2.org/uss or email us at email@example.com for more information.
Benefits to Participating Companies
1. Exposure to Global 1000 companies, angel investors, SBIR program managers and venture capitalists for investment or strategic relationship
2. Next round of financial support
Benefits to Nominating Universities
1. Increased exposure of the university's startup ecosystem to Global 1000 companies, angel investors, SBIR program managers and venture capitalists
2. Increased investor visits to the university to view companies and technologies
3. Highlighting university commercialization capabilities to federal and state university funders
For More Information
Please contact email@example.com for more information, or visit the University Startups Showcase webpage at http://ncet2.org/uss
List of participating Global1000 companies and investors:
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Cannon took to his Twitter page on Friday, saying the events are "bittersweet" but he's going to follow "doctor's orders."
Cannon said in a statement on the 92.3 NOW website that Friday was his last day hosting the 2-year-old show, called "Rollin'."
"The doctors found blood clots in my lungs and said if I don't slow down and stop working so hard then it's a wrap!" Cannon said on Twitter. "Even Super Man had to sleep!"
The 31-year-old was hospitalized in January after suffering from what his wife, Mariah Carey, called "mild kidney failure."
The two became parents of twins last year, son Moroccan and daughter Monroe.
Cannon said he'll continue to host his syndicated weekend show, "Cannon's Countdown." He added that he will "look forward to contributing to 92.3 NOW whenever possible."


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The part of Austin where I am staying is known for its deer population. Multiple times people have described them to me as the neighborhood "rats": harmless, but ever-present. And some of the friendliest composters and lawn-care specialists you'd ever want to meet!
Packs of deer kind of just wander around, following the clumps of trees that connect each property to those around it and eating the trees, plants, and fruit detritus.
In the above picture, the lighter spot at the base of that tree is a cantaloupe rind. There is another hunk at her feet, which I distracted her from eating when I stepped out the back door of my bunker to snap this picture. I'd say she was 20 feet from my door.
See, My Gracious Host (and I and anyone else who stays here) simply tosses vegetable and fruit peels, rinds, cores, and seeds into the yard and the deer do the rest. I have learned they are not fans of citrus because as I was working my way through a Costco-sized box of oranges, the lawn looked like I was making a fruit-salad with a wood chipper, but slowly and eventually they disappeared. Avocado skin and apple cores kind of get an "eh." Banana peels are a step above that, perhaps "hmm, someone is looking out to make sure we don't get scurvy." But cantaloupe. Cantaloupe is the bee's knees. Cantaloupe is "oh doggie, Christmas came early."
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The Andrews Government has today announced $500,000 for an innovative mini hydro electric generator at Lal Lal Reservoir, south east of Ballarat.
Member for Buninyong Geoff Howard said the mini hydro station will generate clean energy from environmental water releases at the reservoir into the Moorabool River, which will be used to power existing infrastructure at the site.
The project will produce up to 526 megawatt hours of electricity – enough to power approximately 80 homes. This will result in a saving of more than 500 tonnes of carbon equivalent greenhouse gas emissions a year, and reduce the water authorities' running costs by approximately $85,000 a year – delivering efficiency throughout the region's water network.
Central Highlands Water and Barwon Water have each contributed $100,000 towards the project, which is the latest renewable energy investment for the water corporations.
Recent investment in renewable projects across the region includes:
- the installation of Solar Reservoir Mixers at Evansford and Sugar Loaf Reservoirs
- the installation of additional telemetry controls on the Goldfields Superpipe to optimise pump efficiency and manage peak demand energy use
- a recently installed 100 kWh solar panel system. This will generate up to 18 percent of the Learmonth Road office and depot electricity demand.
Quotes attributable to Member for Buninyong, Geoff Howard
"This project demonstrates the Andrews Labor Government's commitment to re-establishing leadership on climate change."
"This project is a fantastic example of thinking outside of the square with small scale solutions delivering cleaner energy outcomes for our communities."
"This project could potentially be replicated at low cost across the State to deliver large scale outcomes for clean energy, water management and climate adaptation."
Quotes attributable to Central Highlands Water Chair, Jeremy Johnson
"For more than 40 years Central Highlands Water and Barwon Water have partnered in the management of the Lal Lal Reservoir, and we welcome this announcement of State funding for the innovative mini hydro electric generator."
"Since 2008, Central Highlands Water has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 38 percent. With the support of the State Government this project will provide further reductions in energy use and greenhouse gases."
"Both water corporations continue to actively pursue greener initiatives by exploring ways to improve the productivity and efficiencies across our supply systems."
Quotes attributable to Barwon Water Managing Director, Joe Adamski
"In 2012, Barwon Water adopted an emissions reduction target of 5 per cent of 2004/05 levels. This was achieved in 2012/13 and surpassed in 2013/14, with emissions 26 per cent lower than 2004/05 levels."
"This partnership project is consistent with Barwon Water's commitment to environmental sustainability and we will continue to pursue further renewable energy initiatives like the mini-hydro generator."


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A Wärtsilä Lips LJ210E reversible waterjet. What was once a way to makes waves with small craft, contemporary high-powered waterjet propulsion systems are winding up on bigger vessels including warships. Why waterjets? They are simple and reliable, with the pump impellor turning at a constant speed and flow in one direction. Engine loading is constant. In most cases a gearbox is not required. The entire propulsion system receives less stress and requires less maintenance. Waterjets have plenty of pickup, can sustain high speed operations, but can stop on a dime by reversing thrust. They're responsive, and idea for precise maneuvering or station keeping. Waterjets can be used in very shallow water. There's no screw to foul. Waterjets-powered craft can operate close to and up to the shore, and even run over obstructions without damaging the propulsion equipment. Flotsam and jetsam are not big problems, even at high speed. At slow speed these may be sucked into the jet unit but are unlikely to cause damage and can easily be removed. And waterjets are fast. They pack a lot of power in a small amount of space. There are other qualities that make waterjets a wise choice for a combat craft. Because they have no turning props, these ships emit less noise and so are less susceptible to sonar or acoustic mine detection. Lower noise and less vibration delivers a more quiet and comfortable ride for passengers. Waterjets eliminate the screws and rudders that make launching and recovering small boats, unmanned vehicles or swimmers a dangerous and difficult evolution. Large waterjets for naval applications are manufactured by Wartsila Lips of Cheasapeake, VA and Wartsila Propulsion of Drunen, The Netherlands, as well as by Rolls-Royce Kamewa of Kristinehamn, Sweden. Gearboxes for waterjet applications are sometimes needed. They are made by Reintjes of Hamlen, Germany; Renk, of Augsburg, Germany; and ZF Marine of Nottingham, UK. A waterjet is usually connected to an engine by a direct shaft. Sometimes diesels and gas turbines may be combined, or power may be cross-connected from one engine and applied to another waterjet, so some kind of coupling assembly may be required. Clutch couplings from MAAG Gear, based at Winterthur, Switzerland, are used in these situations. Naval Vessels Employing Waterjets Today Australian shipbuilder Incat and its U.S. subsidiary Bollinger Shipyards, have built several high-speed waterjet vessels for the U.S. military, including the 1,740 ton, 370-ft. Joint Venture (HSV-X1), operated by both the Navy and Army. Joint Venture can achieve speeds up to 48 knots. The catamaran uses four Caterpillar 3618 marine diesel engines with four Lips LJ150D steerable waterjets. The Army was impressed with the HSV concept it chartered another wave piercing catamaran, Spearhead (TSV)-1X, for the Theater Support Vessel Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrator (ACTD) role. The Navy chartered Swift (HSV 2) to support the Mine Warfare Command and perform LCS experimentation. The 321-ft. Spearhead is powered by four Ruston 20RK270 marine engines, driving four Lips LJ120E waterjets through Reintjes gearboxes. The 321-ft. meter Swift is fitted with four Caterpillar 3618 high density diesel engines and four Wärtsilä-Lips water-jets that allow speeds in excess of 47 knots at lightship and 39 knots fully-loaded up to sea-state 3, with a range of 4,400 nautical miles at 40 knots and 6,500 nautical miles at 25 knots. Another high-speed auto ferry, the 331-foot Westpac Express (HSV 4676), has been leased from Australian shipbuilder Austal. The Marine Corps the catamaran in the Pacific theater of operations. Westpac Express has four Caterpillar 3618 diesels, rated at 7200kW each, and four Rolls-Royce Kamewa 125 SII waterjets. Westpac Express can operate at speeds up to 37 knots. The 610-ton Swedish Visby-class multipurpose patrol combatant can achieve up to 34 knots with its CODOG arrangement comprised of four Honeywell-Vericor TF50A gas turbines and a pair of MTU 16V 2000 N90 diesels, powering a pair of Rolls-Royce Kamewa 125 SII waterjets. The 420-ton Swedish Goteborg class guided missile patrol craft navy also has waterjets. The South African Valour class frigates, built by Blohm + Voss to the MEKO A-200SAN design, uses both screws and waterjets, in a 'Waterjet and Refined Propeller' or WARP arrangement, with three shaft lines. A single GE LM2500 gas turbine and a pair of MTU 16V1163 TB93 diesels drive Lips controllable-pitch propellers outboard and a single Lips LJ2 10E waterjet on the centerline. The 280-ton Norwegian Skjold surface effect ship (SES) has a CODOG arrangement with two Rolls-Royce Allison 571-KF9 gas turbines, two MTU 12V183 TE92 diesels, a pair of MTU 6R183 TE52 diesels for auxiliary power, and two Rolls-Royce Kamewa 80S2 waterjets. The Skjold can reach speeds up to 55 knots. Norway has also built a class of waterjet-powered SES minehunters and minesweepers built by Kvaerner Mandal. LCS & Waterjets Two variants of LCS are being built. Lockheed Martin is building the semi-planing monohull USS Freedom (LCS 1) at Marinette Marine in Wisconsin. General Dynamics is building the trimaran USS Independence (LCS 2) Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama. Both will have diesels and gas turbines, and both will employ waterjets. Both ships will be the largest naval waterjet-powered warships. The two versions take different approach to hull design, but both will carry the same reconfigurable mission modules that all the seaframes to adapt to the ship's combat mission. The General Dynamics LCS has four steering and reversing waterjets, while the Lockheed Martin LCS has two steering and reversing and two booster jets. USS Freedom (LCS 1) employs two Rolls-Royce MT30 36MW gas turbines and two Fairbanks Morse Colt-Pielstick 16PA6B STC diesels. The hull is based on Fincantieri's high-speed yacht Destriero, the Transatlantic crossing record-holder at 60 knots. The 378-ft. Freedom has a steel hull with aluminum superstructure. Two Rolls-Royce MT30 36MW gas turbines and two Fairbanks Morse Colt-Pielstick 16PA6B STC diesel engines are the prime movers, powering four large Rolls-Royce Kamewa waterjets. Four Isotta Fraschini Model V1708 ship service diesel generator sets provide auxiliary power. USS Independence (LCS 2) has an overall length of 418-ft., maximum beam of 104 ft. and full load displacement of 2,637 tons. The seaframe is based on Austal's all-aluminum design for the Benchijigua Express passenger/car ferry. Two General Electric LM2500 22 MW gas turbines and two MTU 20V8000M90 9100 kW diesel engines are the prime movers, powering four large steering and reversing Wärtsilä-Lips 2 X LJ160E and 2 X LJ150E waterjets. Captain Edward Lundquist, U.S. Navy (Retired) is a senior science director and naval analyst with Alion Science and Technology, Washington, D.C.• Lockheed Martin • General Dynamics • Caterpillar
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From Sunday 29 July 2018
All services on route 263 will divert via Cardiff South between Cardiff Station and Charlestown. Residents in the Cardiff South and Hillsborough area will now have direct connections to Charlestown Square, Cardiff Station and Stockland Glendale with an additional 211 trips per week.
Download the flyer and the timetable.
There will be timetable adjustment to routes 261, 262, 267, 268 and 269. Timetables will be available on transportnsw.info from 15 July.
Your local operator Hunter Valley Buses looks forward to servicing the residents of Cardiff South.
From 15 July, use the Trip Planner to plan your trip as your route may have changed.
From Monday 4th June 2018
Afternoon Routes 179 & Grace Coaches
There will be changes to Grace Coaches to help with growth in the area. Route 179, operated by Hunter Valley Buses, will divert via Branxton PS and Rosary Park Catholic School.
|Service changes
|Weekday 179
|Students travelling to Cessnock Rd, Huntlee Estate or cnr Thomas & Wine Country Dr, near phone booth, board this service.
|Weekday Grace Coaches
|Students travelling to Rothbury St, Scott St, Mayne St or Hanwood Estate board this service
|Branxton PS
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|Rosary Park Catholic School
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Morning services will not change.
Monday 14 May 2018
Some Hunter Valley school timetables will be changing on Monday 14 May.
You can view the school timetables below:
|Hunter River HS
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|Irrawang PS
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|Metford PS
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|Raymond Terrace PS
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|St Brigid's Raymond Terrace
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|St Josephs PS East Maitland
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Some Hunter Valley school timetables will be changing on Monday 7 May.
The East Maitland PS timetable will be changing on Monday 14 May.
You can view the school timetables below:
|East Maitland PS
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|Maitland Grossman HS
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|Maitland HS
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Wednesday 25 April
During the Anzac ceremonies and services there will be diversions to our services. Once the Anzac ceremonies are complete all services will return to normal.
Plan your trip: https://transportnsw.info/trip#/
For further details: http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/Council/News/Road-Closures
School bus services across NSW will operate to schools which commence Term 1 on Monday, 29 January 2018.
For more information regarding school opening times, please contact your school directly.
Additional services from Tuesday 30 January.
|Service changes
|34 extra trips per week between Northbury and Rutherford on weekdays and Saturdays.
|262, 269, 270 and 275
|50 additional trips per week and extended services across Lake Macquarie region.
You can download your new timetable below.
Visit the transportnsw.info website to plan your trip.
Route 179 - view
Route 180 - view
Route 262 - view
Route 269 - view
Route 270 - view
Route 275 - view
From Sunday 26 November 2017
Public transport is moving forward and new timetables will be introduced from 26 November 2017. We're moving forward to get you where you need to go.
Plan a new trip or find out more.
You can download your timetable below:
Route 180X (from 2 December 2017)
Routes 182, 183, 189
Routes 262, 263
Routes 267, 268
Route 273
Routes 274, 275, 276
Routes 278, 279, 280, 281
From 23 October 2017
The routes that Hunter Valley Buses service that will be affected by the proposed changes are the following: 1251, 1341, 1371, 1372, 1373, 1402, 1421, 1431, 1461, 1651, 1671, 2204, 2555 and 138 departing at 6.48am from Lemon Tree Passage. Some students will be required to change the way in which they travel with us.
You can view the school timetables below:
|Callahan College - Jesmond Campus
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|Callahan College - Waratah Campus
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|Fern Bay Primary School
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|Hunter Christian School
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|Hunter School of Performing Arts
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|Irrawang High School
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|Lambton High School
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|Merewether High School
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|Newcastle High
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|San Clemente High School
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|St Columban's Primary School
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|St Francis Xavier College
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|St Peters Primary School
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Background: Recent studies have shown that the cholesterol efflux capacity of HDL is a better predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD) than HDL cholesterol. However, the standard procedures used for measuring cholesterol efflux capacity involve radioisotope-labeled cholesterol and cultured macrophages. Thus, a simpler method to measure HDL functionality is needed for clinical application.
Methods: We established a cell-free assay system to evaluate the capacity of HDL to accept additional cholesterol, which we named cholesterol "uptake capacity," using fluorescently labeled cholesterol and an anti-apolipoprotein A1 antibody. We quantified cholesterol uptake capacity of apolipoprotein B (apoB)-depleted serum samples from patients with coronary artery disease who had previously undergone revascularization.
Results: This assay system exhibited high reproducibility (CV <10%) and a short processing time (<6 h). The myeloperoxidase-mediated oxidation of apoB-depleted serum impaired cholesterol uptake capacity. Cholesterol uptake capacity correlated significantly with cholesterol efflux capacity (r2 = 0.47, n = 30). Furthermore, cholesterol uptake capacity correlated inversely with the requirement for revascularization because of recurrence of coronary lesions in patients with optimal control of LDL cholesterol (P < 0.01, n = 156). A multivariate analysis adjusted for traditional coronary risk factors showed that only cholesterol uptake capacity remained significant (odds ratio, 0.48; 95% CI, 0.29–0.80; P = 0.0048).
Conclusions: Cholesterol uptake capacity assay evaluates the functionality of HDL in a sensitive and high-throughput manner without using radioisotope label and cells. This assay system could be used for the assessment of CVD risk in the clinical settings.
Authors' Disclosures or Potential Conflicts of Interest: Upon manuscript submission, all authors completed the author disclosure form.
Employment or Leadership: A. Harada, R. Toh, K. Murakami, M. Kiriyama, K. Yoshikawa, K. Miwa, T. Kubo, Y. Irino, Sysmex Corporation. Consultant or Advisory Role: None declared.
Stock Ownership: None declared.
Honoraria: None declared.
Research Funding: R. Toh, Y. Irino, K. Hirata, Institutional funding by Sysmex Corporation and Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) 25461085.
Expert Testimony: None declared.
Patents: None declared.
Role of Sponsor: The funding organizations played a direct role in design and choice of enrolled patients.
- Received December 27, 2016.
- Accepted March 28, 2017.
- © 2017 American Association for Clinical Chemistry
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Ukip has suspended South East MEP Janice Atkinson following accusations of financial impropriety during the party's spring conference in Margate.
Atkinson, who was also the candidate for the Kent seat of Folkestone and Hythe which was a target seat for the party, is said to have submitted a bogus expenses claim which, according to The Sun who filmed a meeting with staff member Christine Hewitt, has been handed to Kent Police.
The lunch was a 'women in UKIP' event, something Atkinson held previously at the party's 2013 conference in London which resulted in Godfrey Bloom, Mrs Atkinson's former employer, thwacking Michael Crick over the head with a party brochure.
According to the film, the cost of the event was £950 which Ms Hewitt paid. However, the next day she attended a meeting at The Hoy pub to discuss the amount, with the pub agreeing to invoice the ADDE group which UKIP is a member of £3,150. Ms Hewitt told the pub member of staff that they marked up the actual amount to get money back from the Parliamentary group.
She wrote in an email: "Invoice is to be addressed to IDDE Group, European Parliament, Brussels
"Invoice should be sent to us either by e-mail to me at email@example.com or by post to:
1 West Terrace, Folkestone, Kent CT10 1RR.
"Please include the £50 deposit that was paid on booking by me
"If possible, can you invoice us per bottle for wine, individually with appropriate mark-up for other things
"We will pay your invoice direct at the true price via our branch account then re-claim from the IDDE group."
Ms Hewitt explained who the ADDE was, saying it is " "part of a foundation, which, (is) where we just get a lot of European money from".
She declined an invoice for the bill, saying she did not need one and that an amount would be sufficient, rather than an itemised bill.
As she and the restaurant's manager go on to discuss the false invoice she says it should be made out to ADDE and IDDE.
She was told the average spend was £20 for food and £15 for drinks, a sum she agrees to, saying, "God yeah that's more than enough." She then took a copy of the invoice back to her office.
According to lawyer Julian Lee, Ms Hewitt appears to have committed a crime with the false invoice.
"The restaurant manager is being asked to pull together a fraudulent document, so it becomes fraud when a receipt is issued for that amount.
"If submitted it is defrauding the third party, in this case the European Union. The legal definition is 'gaining a financial advantage by deception."
Breitbart London have contacted Kent Police to ask if the manager of the restaurant, who came up with the figure and knowingly provided the invoice, will also be investigated.
It is not the first time Mrs Atkinson, who was second on the list in the South East region behind party leader Nigel Farage, has courted controversy for off hand, ill judged remarks. During filming for a BBC programme she referred to party members, and long time friends of Farage, as "a Ting Tong from somewhere."
Stig Abell, managing editor of The Sun, tweeted that the suspension followed an investigation by the newspaper.
A Ukip party spokesman said the party was "incredibly disappointed with Ms Atkinson, who appears to have exercised extremely poor judgement".
He added: "The party has acted swiftly and immediately and, just as we showed when we suspended another MEP for financial irregularities, we always maintain a zero-tolerance attitude towards acts of this nature."
In his weekly article in The Independent, Mr Farage wrote: "I suppose by the time you read this, you will already have heard about Ukip's suspension of one of our MEPs, Janice Atkinson, on allegations of financial irregularities.
"I want to be very clear that we do not condone, and never have condoned the types of actions that this individual is on the receiving end of allegations of.
"And that's why we as a party acted so quickly when we heard of the incident."
The party most recently had to suspend MEP Amjad Bashir over concerns with his expenses. He has since been welcomed into the Tory Party personally by David Cameron although West Yorkshire Police are investigating a number of invoices he submitted to the party's financial staff in Brussels.


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Some of the tools we use in Illustrator have several options.
These other options are "hidden" in libraries.
You can find these libraries at the bottom of the panels.
For example, you can find "Swatch Libraries Menu" (2) at the bottom of the "Swatches" pane (1).
Clicking this button gives you a drop down menu that is divided into categories.
Some of these categories are further divided into subcategories.
For example.
You have an object with a fill color drawn in Illustrator, in this example a blue star (1). If you do not know how to do it, no matter,
I will discuss all this later.
Now it's just about the libraries.
With the star selected, open the "Swatches" panel.
If you are not satisfied with the options panel, click the folder icon button at the bottom of this pane (2).
This opens a drop-down menu with various categories and subcategories (1).
So you can see that the category "Nature" is divided into six subcategories. "Flowers", "Foliage", "Landscape", "Seasons", "Stone and brick" and "Beach".
Click a subcategory (2) and it opens a new panel (3) with different colors in this subcategory.
As soon as you click a color in the panel, it is applied to the selected object (1).
Note that the same "Library" button is also at the bottom of the newly opened
sub-category (2).
So you do not need to close one panel to open another.
As I said previously, you will find these libraries for more tools than just the "Swatches". In each panel, where you find the folder icon, there is a library.
For example, there is a "brushes" library, a "symbols" library and a "graphic styles" library.
All have categories and subcategories, sometimes even sub-subcategories.
Libraries are an easy way to edit drawings to an artwork.
The only thing you really only need to do to draw something such a line (1),
Select this (2) and choose a style in the library (3).
Should you really still draw with Illustrator?
Not really, but it's certainly nice to have.
In the next lesson, I will talk about the extensive symbol library.
After you've gone through, it will be very clear why we do not have to draw.
In one of the previous lessons I had already told you about the keyboard shortcuts.
Some are already set by Illustrator by default and we can change these. To a number or key given by you.
In order to add or change, we will open the "Shortcuts" dialog.
Just click the "Edit" button in the menu bar and choose "Keyboard Shortcuts" in the drop-down menu.
In the "Keyboard shortcuts", we have the ability to add shortcuts to "Tools" and "Menu Commands" (1).
Click the tool or command whose shortcut you want to change or add to the list (2) and type the shortcut in the textbox. Click the "Save" button.
If you want to add or change a shortcut or a hotkey that is already in use, you will get a warning that this is already in use.
If you have messed up, choose "Illustrator Defaults" in the upper section (3) and everything is back to "normal".
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Discover the majesty, history and drama of the beautiful English countryside on foot and venture into another world. National Parks and coastal villages; Roman forts, castles and ancestral seats; cathedral spires and chocolate box cottages – all on offer as you walk the country's national trails and long distance paths; some official, others just well known, but all with interest, heritage and natural history at each step as you follow in the footsteps of earlier trail walkers.
Defenders of the land, traders, invaders, archaeologists, writers, artists and enthusiasts have all walked before you, taking in the spectacular scenery of the high ground, tranquil pastures, rugged coastal routes dotted with river valleys, woodlands, sheer cliffs and secluded beaches await you.
Wainwright discovered the joys of English Lakeland, Hadrian fortified the northern outpost of the Roman Empire, the trade and control of the British Empire was maintained from English rivers and harbours, Mary Anning discovered some of the first evidence of dinosaurs on the shores of Dorset and the evidence of the industrial revolution is scattered across the landscape.
Take a look at the route options for walking the path for a holiday with a duration and daily walking distance to suit you.
Discover the diverse landscapes of peaceful moorlands of the north to the majestic cliff tops of the south with National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in between.
The land of mighty mountains, forest trails, mystic lochs, ancient monuments, rich wildlife and history of colourful past await adventurous walkers.
Visit the famously beautiful coast of Pembrokeshire or head inland to admire the renowned Offa's Dyke sites and trace the history of Owain Glyndŵr.


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Reduce Video File Size Online Free!
A lot of people are making money today by producing short videos for the web. Some are making A LOT of money doing this. I happen to know of one person that is currently averaging about $7,000.00 per month doing nothing but making short Youtube videos, each under two minutes in length. She spends only between four to six hours per day, four days a week doing this — simply producing and uploading anywhere from two to about half a dozen of these short videos per day. She does nothing else to earn money and is currently very happy with the income she's generating and the hours and effort she has to put into it. She began doing this a little over a year ago and before beginning she had absolutely no experience in video production at all.
If you're currently producing web video I'm positive you're going to be very interested in the information I'm about to impart in this article. If you have any experience at all in producing video for the web, one of the problems I'm sure you've most likely run into is how to reduce video file size without losing quality. It's a real problem! Even short videos can equal very large files — especially when it comes to current demands for high-quality HD video. These large video files can be a pain and take forever to upload. People with slower connections will have a hard time downloading or viewing your large videos. And, many places on the internet that you might want to upload your video to have maximum file size limits, and your video may be too large for them to accept. Luckily, there is a way to reduce video file size online free! Yes, there is a program you can use that will allow you to quickly and easily compress video file size online without losing quality. Using this online video converter, along with a few tips I'll explain later in this article, can drastically decrease video file size for your videos — as well as making your videos entirely compatible with all web browsers, including iPhones, iPads, and most other mobile devices.
The best part is that using this video converter program to reduce video file size online free is so fast and easy and that it will add not much more than a single minute or so of extra work to your video production workflow, yet will almost always result in a truly enormous improvement in both the quality and the speed at which your videos are able to be both uploaded to the internet and the speed at which viewers can download or stream them. And, this completely free program that lets you compress video size online will work with either Windows or Mac operating systems!
If you're new to creating web video, here are some steps you should be following in order to get the most out of your web videos, and achieve the best looking and most efficient results. At the end of the list I'll let you in on the program that will allow you to reduce video file size online free and explain exactly how to find it — so, you can stop asking yourself "how do I reduce the size of a video without losing quality?" But first, when producing your web video, here are a few simple steps that you should be following before you even begin to think about how to reduce video file size online — that step comes later in your workflow chain. So, here's the list:
How to compress video files:
(1) Whether you're using a video screen capture program, or a video camera to record your videos, you should try, if it's at all possible, to make sure you set your equipment to record at least 720p HD video (1280X720 screen resolution), and at a minimum frame rate of at least 29 frames per second (higher if possible.) If you can swing it, opt for 1080 over 720 — but, remember, this will result in larger files and reduce your ability to reduce video file size online later. So, 720p @ 29 or 30 fps is adequate unless you're really looking for maximum video quality over minimum file size.
(2) In the software you use to edit your video always make sure that the properties you choose to edit your video in are set to match exactly the setting you chose to record your video in. So, if you shot the video in 720p resolution at 30fps, you want your project settings to edit your video in 720p at 30fps. If you edit your video in a higher or lower resolution, or at a higher or lower frame rate than you shot it, your video editor will have to "interpolate" your video when it exports it to your final video file, and this will result in a loss of quality and may actually cause your video file to end up being larger than it needs to be when you go to reduce video file size online.
(3) As with the previous step, when it comes time to finally export your video file using your video editing software, make sure you export it at the same resolution and frame rate as you both shot it and edited it in. So, for example, if you shot and edited your video in 720p @ 30fps, then you want your final exported video to be exactly the same. You want to export your video to a 720p @ 30fps final video file. If your intended use for the video is to upload it to the web, then you'll want the format you save the video in to be either ".MP4", or ".WMV" (Windows Media Video)
(4) If you're uploading your video to Youtube, you don't really need to worry about how to reduce video file size online, as Youtube will use their own compression when processing your video, after its uploaded, to compress video file size as much as possible. So, if you're uploading your video file straight to Youtube only, you can go ahead and do that. However, if you have a very large video file, and you want to reduce the amount of time it takes to upload it to Youtube, you can proceed with the further steps below in order to reduce video file size online free before uploading it.
(5) Now, here's where the program to reduce video file size online free comes in: The program is called "Handbrake", and yes, it's entirely 100% free! It will fully optimize your video for viewing on the internet and decrease video file size. It's located at this website. It will also convert your video to .MP4 format for you.
(6) The next thing you want to do is to make sure that your final video is absolutely compatible with all web browsers and electronic mobile devices such as iPhones, iPads and what have you. To do this, you'll want to upload your finalized video (after you've already taken the steps to reduce video file size online) to a video hosting site that will encapsulate your video with the necessary code to ensure compatibility with flash players, html5 video players and the like. One such service is Screencast.Com, but there are others that will do this as well. You can sign-up for a free account with Screencast, and there are "pro" upgrades available as well at fairly reasonable prices if you do a lot of video and want more storage space on their servers, or require more bandwidth. Currently their base-level "pro" account is $9.95 and gives you 25GB of storage for your videos.
And, that's pretty much it! If you follow the above steps you should end up with a significantly reduced video file size without sacrificing video quality. Using the handbrake program to
reduce video file size online free, I was able to reduce a 720p HD video I completed a few days ago from a
120 megabyte file down to just a paltry 9 megabyte streaming video! And, there was really no perceptible loss in video quality! I'm sure you can imagine the difference in loading time between a 120mb video and 9mb video! And, it took me just a couple of minutes to reduce video file size online free! So, check it out: Handbrake. And, please don't think I get paid anything for recommending that service — I don't. It's simply a service I use to compress video file size online and it works great, so I'm sharing it with you as a helpful tip.
So, good luck with producing your own videos and have fun doing it! I hope the information provided above proves to be of great use to you in figuring out exactly how to reduce video file size without losing quality on-line. If you have any comments, suggestions, or any other helpful tips pertaining to this subject that people may find useful, please feel free to leave them in the comment box below.
Dustin Ward has almost twenty years of marketing and product development experience, with more than fifteen years of Internet marketing experience. He has authored a number of books and has published hundreds of articles. He is currently a featured contributor at: Http://Blog.EarningInternetIncome.Com which features daily insider marketing and money-making tips and a host of valuable resources for anyone who's interested in earning income from the internet or running a home business.


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Microwave Black Truffle Oil Tater Chips
Sherri Williams
I'm in love with potato chips! This is my twist on how to make microwave potato chips that I ran across today on Famous Idaho Potatoes FB page. It's from The Kitchn...You really don't need any oil. I made one batch with just a brushing of black truffle oil, everglades, parmesan cheese & parsley and the other plain. Both were delicious but I give the seasoned ones the edge. They are healthy and the potato flavor shines through. These are a must try. Cooking with Passion, sw:)
1 mediumpotato sliced very thin-1/16 inch**i used a mandoline**
1 tspblack truffle oill
·everglades seasoning, parmesan cheese & parsley to taste**favorite seasoning**
How to Make Microwave Black Truffle Oil Tater Chips
About Microwave Black Truffle Oil Tater Chips
Course/Dish: Chips
Dietary Needs: Vegetarian
Other Tags: Quick & Easy, For Kids, Healthy


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Dancing the Michael Jackson Thriller dance is an effective way to get match and apply for Halloween dance parties. Seek for "Michael Jackson Thriller" on YouTube.com to search out the music video. Watch the video once right through to get the big picture. Then, start from the beginning and watch 5 to ten seconds of the dance at a time, practicing the strikes after every pause. After thirty seconds of the dance, return and attempt to carry out the whole dance up to that point. Observe until you've learned all the routine. Your pals might be "thrilled" by your dance skills!
To journey your bike extra effectively follow with one leg. Driving one-legged forces you to concentrate on good pedaling. Put both legs on the pedals, but let one go limp. On the backside of the stroke pull up. It will higher distribute the work load to your main leg muscle mass. In case you are attempting to focus on losing stomach fats, don't work in your abs. Though you will achieve muscle, you aren't dropping fat. It's okay to do sit ups and crunches, but incorporate more aerobic workouts into your routine with a view to lose unwanted belly fats.
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Better fitness is achievable with the fitting advice. Although this could appear difficult, you can do it! Nothing good in life is straightforward to perform with out attempting, and that is how fitness is too. Use the advice you simply … Read More


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The focus of the golf world now descends upon Magnolia Lane and Augusta National for the season's first major. Each week a panel of experts will offer up their picks from four groups of players based on Golf Channel's new fantasy game, Fantasy Challenge. We will also keep track of their scores and standings. The panel consists of: senior writers Rex Hoggard, Randall Mell and Jason Sobel; contributors John Hawkins and Win McMurry; editorial director Jay Coffin; RotoWorld.com's Rob Bolton; 'Morning Drive' hosts Gary Williams and Erik Kuselias; and Golf Talk Central contributor Ryan Ballengee.
Gary Williams
Group 1: Rory McIlroy: After 2011, McIlroy returns to Augusta with something to prove. With the way he has been playing in 2012, I'm excited to see what he will do. In 1952, Sam Snead returned to Augusta National after shooting 80 in the final round and won. We may be hearing more about that story.
Group 2: Bill Haas: Already a winner this year at Riviera, Haas is making his third Masters appearance and I think he will improve on his best finish of T-26 in 2010. The Masters runs in his family as his great uncle Bob Goalby won the green jacket in 1968.
Group 3: Zach Johnson: Johnson won the Masters in 2007 in incredibly challenging conditions by playing his own game and never going for a par-5 in two. While he has not had another great finish here since '07, he has shown that he is tough. If the weather gets challenging, watch out.
Group 4: Fred Couples: The 1992 Masters champion has shown repeatedly that age is but a number, and many of those moments have come at Augusta. He has consecutive top-15 finishes here and was T-3 at the age of 46. When he is healthy, don't bet against this guy.
Erik Kuselias
Group 1: Phil Mickelson: The three-time champ has shown over and over again what he is capable of in big moments. He may be one behind Tiger in terms of green jackets, but in the ten years since the last significant changes to Augusta he has the edge, winning three times to Tiger's two.
Group 2: Keegan Bradley: Yes, I know he is making his first Masters appearance but I like his chances. Prior to Masters Week none other than Phil Mickelson showed him around Augusta and he has not been out of the top 25 in nine starts in 2012.
Group 3: Geoff Ogilvy: Amazing to think that an Australian's never won here, but that drought could be coming to an end. Ogilvy has never missed the cut in six starts at Augusta and was T-4 here last year.
Group 4: Angel Cabrera: When I saw Cabrera's name in Group 4, I was shocked! The 2009 champion tends to raise his game in the majors and he is exceptionally comfortable at Augusta. Along with his win, he has four other top-10 finishes including 7th in 2011.
Win McMurry
Group 1: Tiger Woods: Top picks this week include Phil and Rory, but neither have the history that Tiger does at the Masters. After his win at Bay Hill, the multiple-victory years are ready to return and so is the hunt to beat Jack's record.
Group 2: Bo Van Pelt: He's had a solid year that includes four top-10s in his last five starts and he leads the Tour in strokes gained putting. Always be wary of the ailing golfer, and this one tied for eighth here last year.
Group 3: Jim Furyk: He's been working his way back up the leaderboards lately with three T-11 or better finishes in the last two months. Finished inside the top 25 at the Masters two of the last three years.
Group 4: Henrik Stenson: He's finished inside the top 25 in all four starts on Tour this year, currently stands sixth in scoring average and is first in scrambling. Of the guys in Group 4, you'll be hard-pressed to find someone who is entering the first major of the year in better form.
Ryan Ballengee
Group 1: Tiger Woods: He's a four-time winner, won at Bay Hill and was T-4 here the last two years - almost on sheer will.
Group 2: K.J. Choi: Top 10s in the last two years here are a good sign, as well as no missed cuts on the PGA Tour this year.
Group 3: Geoff Ogilvy: In the hunt last year, Ogilvy loves this MacKenzie test and arranging its puzzle pieces.
Group 4: Angel Cabrera: The forgotten member of the final group last year. Coming on strong now and a past champion here.
Rex Hoggard
Group 1: Rory McIlroy: Through 3 1/2 rounds last year he was dominant and whatever lingering ghosts he had following last year's meltdown on No. 10 have been long vanquished.
Group 2: Brandt Snedeker: After cracking his driver earlier this season, he's finally found a new 'gamer' and few know the course as well or putt better than Sneds.
Group 3: Charles Howell III: It's a home game for CH3, but don't expect him to become overwhelmed by the additional pressure. He's been as consistent as anyone this season and has dreamed of this his entire life.
Group 4: Angel Cabrera: Former champion showed signs of life last week at the Shell Houston Open and his record at Augusta is Tiger-like. He's ranked outside the top 10 just once in his last nine rounds at the Masters.
Jason Sobel
Group 1: Luke Donald: After last year's T-4 result, the world's No.1-ranked player is ready to be No. 1 at a major, too.
Group 2: Brandt Snedeker: Underrated putter who has shown a proficiency on these greens in the past.
Group 3: Johnson Wagner: The 'stache is raking in the cash this year - and there's no reason to think he'll stop now.
Group 4: Henrik Stenson: Big sleeper pick here, as the Swede has finished 21st or better in all four appearances this season.
Randall Mell
Group 1: Rory McIlroy: Command with the driver gives him a slight edge on Tiger.
Group 2: Bill Haas: The win at Riviera showed us he's ready for the next step.
Group 3: Geoff Ogilvy: He was right in the mix on Sunday a year ago, and has the experience and nerve to close the deal.
Group 4: Angel Cabrera: His form doesn't seem to matter; Augusta National will bring out his best.
Rob Bolton
Group 1: Tiger Woods: Four-time champion coming off a five-stroke victory at Bay Hill, where he's won seven times. Yeah, good enough for me.
Group 2: Keegan Bradley: Firing on all cylinders. The first-timer at the Masters is shattering the mold for the traditional learning curve. Reigning PGA champion.
Group 3: Gary Woodland: Without a clear go-to here, I'll take my chances with the long hitter who placed T-24 in his debut last year. At some point, his swing modifications will click and he'll contend.
Group 4: Angel Cabrera: Superb value in this group. The 2009 champ has five top-10 finishes in 12 starts at Augusta National, including last year's solo seventh. Top-25s in two of his last three starts entering the week.
Tune in to Golf Channel all week long for comprehensive Live From: The Masters coverage.


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Former Treasurer of Amtrak Police Union Arrested, Charged
The union representing security employees of Amtrak, the nation's federally-chartered rail passenger corporation, was missing funds. It didn't have far to look for the source of the problem. On June 24, Eric Givens, a longtime Amtrak police officer, was charged in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York with one count each of wire fraud, embezzlement and making a false statement related to his alleged theft of at least $100,000 in funds from the Amtrak Police Labor Committee, and a Fraternal Order of Police affiliate, each of which he had served as treasurer. He had been arrested earlier that day. The actions follow an investigation by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards and Office of Inspector General, and the Amtrak Police Department's Office of Internal Affairs.
Eric Givens had been a police officer with National Railroad Passenger Corporation, or Amtrak, since May 1997. In addition, he was treasurer of Amtrak Police Labor Committee during 2003-10, and for three years after that, a committee affiliate known as Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 189. According to prosecutors, Givens, 52, a resident of East Stroudsburg, Pa., starting around 2008 helped himself to the union till. He allegedly made unauthorized debit card charges and cash withdrawals from the Labor Committee and Lodge, and then concealed these transactions in union financial records. The funds went for personal expenses such as food, gasoline, travel and entertainment. Eventually, the union leadership recognized it was missing funds and called upon the U.S. Labor Department to conduct an investigation.
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We went away at the weekend. Not far, just down to Robertson for a 40th birthday party, one of the last now we're closer to the other end of the decade. A bunch of friends on a pink pass.
Road trips usually involve me being in the passenger seat as Rory is likely to start shouting "watch out" and "what did you do that for?" if I'm driving, which makes me want to stick the keys in his left ear and sends me into such a complete anxiety meltdown that it's best we just don't go there. I nap instead and admire the scenery. Like Nana.
After we'd narrowly avoided rocking up to the wrong address and freaking out Fred and his elderly wife Rita across the road, we turned into the farm, our beautiful afternoon venue. The first person I see is in a dress; the second, in a dress. Oh shit they're all dressed for a wedding and I'm in ripped jeans and an off-the-shoulder peasant blouse. I do however, have a very large hat, which is kind of wedding. Ish. I put it on.
The best strategy for inappropriately-dressed anxiety is to don an attitude of overt confidence and down a glass of champagne, at which point lunch arrives and we all sit French style along two beautiful white clothed tables strewn with cottage flowers under a marquee. It turns out I'm not inappropriately-dressed after all, or maybe I don't care any more.
We're surrounded by spring gorgeousness, "oh, it's such a low maintenance garden" sings the apparently effortless Denise, our hostess. I ask her if she'll come and do mine in similar low-maintenance fashion. She doesn't seem too keen on the idea, but she does tell me the house is for sale which I contemplate at length. Rory looks nonplussed. "What would I DOOOOOO?" He muses in a slightly panicked tone. "Ride your bike up and down cardiac hill, trade and play golf." He's not convinced.
The afternoon parties on, the dancing begins, the birthday boy is on the tunes deck, the birthday boy's wife is gyrating with a grin bigger than the view and a champagne in her hand. She's left her three kids behind too and lovin' it.
I start talking to a couple of twenty somethings who look like they've stepped off the pages of Instagram. One has, as it turns out. She's a fashion blogger and married to the guy in the tucked in T-shirt, beltless baggy jeans and a pink cap. She says he looks like a bum and he's the founder of a well known street fashion label. She gives me a lesson in Snapchat and asks why I'm so inquisitive about 'online.' "I'm a blogger," I say, she looks bemused. I feel old.
More friends turn up, we sit in a circle and chat like old people. Someone keeps filling the glasses. Vidge is telling us all about his fat and carbohydrate management whilst hoeing into a beer and a slab of runny brie. None of the boys want to dance.
We migrate en masse to the Robbo pub where it all turns really messy. There's a ring on a string that has to be thrown onto a hook. It's the source of much showboating, hilarity and one embarrassed local with a sore nose. Birthday boy's wife shimmies over to where we're having dinner, says in her loudest voice "Tea? Fuck, why are you drinking tea?" and gives us a shoulder masssage.
It's bedtime, we retire to The Robertson Country Motel. It's way overpriced at $130/night but clean. If my pillow had any more stuffing it would be a wafer. The following morning they can't remember how much they'd charged us. Later that morning they call us again to see whether we'd paid at all.
Driving home we take the scenic route and discuss once more whether we could live in the country. Maybe, just not yet.
Happy birthday Jeremy, and thanks to your lovely family and friends for a great weekend. xx
Some pic credits go to various partygoers
Where did you last go for a weekend away?


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Advent, 2015: Dr. James K.A. Smith
Christian philosopher James K.A. Smith was the keynote speaker at the Desiring the Kingdom conference held in Toronto Oct. 22-24. Sue Careless interviewed Dr. Smith there.
TAP: As a brainy philosopher it takes some guts to admit humans are heavily influenced, sometimes unconsciously, by our senses and our imagination.
JKAS: Yes, I'm a philosopher pointing out the limits of thinking.
TAP: You call us liturgical, narrative, imaginative animals. What do you mean by liturgical animals?
JKAS: Human beings are creatures whose habits and loves and orientations are shaped by the rituals they are immersed in, not just the things we're thinking. This resonates with contemporary cognitive science and neuroscience, which emphasizes how much our being in the world is shaped by unconscious factors.
TAP: But you're distancing yourself from Freud?
JKAS: Yes. He thought everybody had the same base structures of the unconscious. I don't think the unconscious is hard-wired as Freud emphasized so that we're all playing out the same script. We all absorb different scripts that we play out in our lives and those are absorbed at an unconscious level. Everybody has an unconscious, but it is trained and learned and formed in different ways. We are shaped by communal practices – introspection is important to dig down into our own unconscious but also it's important that it be a communal endeavour. The things which are closer to me are hardest to see so others can help me know myself. God gives us insight into ourselves because God is the Ultimate Other. This explains how counselling and therapy work: the good counsellor is a wise guide who helps you dig down into the stories you've buried in the basement. And it's a lifelong endeavour.
TAP: The healing of addictions requires more than head knowledge and will power. A community of support and accountability helps.
JKAS: It's the accountability, the support, the going. The way recovery groups work is not that you go to one meeting to get some piece of information. Addictions and virtues are formed as habits. Love is a habit, a virtue…our vices are formed in the same way. My vices are not just bad decisions. They are mis-orientations I live into. Recovery programs are inviting you to unlearn old habits and learn new ones. And being aware of the environments you're putting yourself into.
TAP: If you're dieting, don't walk past the donut shop.
TAP: Someone has said that the Church is at its best when it is like an Alcoholics Anonymous group. Why?
Because also in AA there is confession and opening ourselves up to the transcendent, realizing I'm not self-sufficient.
TAP: How would your philosophy apply to pastoral care and counselling?
JKAS: In two ways. Pastors need to be ethnographers. They need to read the practices and rituals that their parishioners are immersed in, know the unique secular liturgies of their communities. Secondly, we need to reframe pastoral counseling as a conduit back into the worshipping community – for in worship there is the reformation of our habits.
TAP: But surely you want more than the penance of ten Hail Marys.
JKAS: Yes. To immerse yourself in the rhythms of Christian worship is to let a different story sink into your bones. That is not going to happen all at once. Realize when you give yourself to the practices of Christian worship you are hungering to let the gospel sink into your unconscious so you live towards a different vision of the good life. It's re-habituating. It's not penance; it's not performance. It's a submission to a different story. I'm not a pastor but I would suggest counselling is not just giving knowledge but also inviting them into new rhythms that will recalibrate their hearts.
TAP: You talk about 'the good life' but today we tend to equate the term with a consumerist lifestyle.
JKAS: I'm trying to redeem that term since for Socrates, Plato and Aristotle 'the good life' was a vision of the examined life of virtue. Every human longs for the good life, but we have competing visions of what that is. We don't all want to drive Jaguars.
TAP: You teach at Calvin College, a university in the Reformed tradition that stresses a Christian worldview. Yet you argue it is not enough to have a Christian worldview; we need a Christian imagination as well. What is the difference?
JKAS: It's the difference between reducing Christianity to a grid of doctrines, ideas and beliefs and having a feel for the world as an embodied way of life. It's cultivating a Christian sensibility; it's not just how you see or think about the world, but how you inhabit the world. It's like the difference between knowing a city on a map versus the way you know your hometown like the back of your hand.
TAP: You're not saying think less but feel and imagine more.
Yes. It's not less than thinking; it's more than thinking. And thinking about these things can be a catalyst to help us realize, "Oh, my imagination had been captured by other stories."
TAP: You've said it's not enough to be convinced, we have to be moved as well.
Which is how the rival secular liturgies get hold of us as well.
TAP: Is there a danger in the power-point sermon that employs huge amounts of text? Surely it causes information overload? You can't take it all in. The oratory of a more traditional sermon with its cadence and rhythm is more likely to move us.
JKAS: Yes. The paradigm for the preacher is the poet not the professor. This is recovering the pre-Reformation sense of how important the aesthetic and the visual are. Not just to be pretty. There are people who make the aesthetics of worship an end in itself. [We need to consider] what constitutes the environment in which we meet God. The visual can resonate with those who are less comfortable in discursive modes. Otherwise you end up privileging those who have certain intellectual gifts and predilections – whereas with pre-Reformation worship not everyone was literate so you had to take the visual seriously. We're all visual, we're all aesthetic in that sense.
TAP: And sometimes Protestants and evangelicals fall into the temptation of turning the sermon into a Bible study.
JKAS: And a lecture. There is certainly a place for Bible study but the way a sermon functions within the narrative arc of worship is not primarily didactic. There is a dialogical element that is well expressed in Anglican worship. On the one hand God is the initiator and is talking to us and we are hearing from God and he is shaping us. But there are also spaces where we are voicing our confession, our praises, our petitions. It does stage a conversation. In some protestant modes the worshippers fall into a passivity. Any tradition in which the Lord's Supper is practiced every week – which is not happening in most Protestant congregations – especially if that means coming to the rail, that is a bodily practice that is very important. In revival meetings (I come from Pentecostal stock too), they would say at the end of a service, "The altar is open. Come."
TAP: Too often in apologetics we've used reason as the only gateway to faith. We try to make people think their way into faith. And looking for truth is more difficult today in our relativistic culture. What's true for you isn't necessarily true for me. Are many people today even looking for truth? Do we need to open some other door?
JKAS: I deal with this in my book on Charles Taylor, How Not to be Secular. Taylor diagnoses this well. He says the mode of apologetics should be less argumentative debating but more a mode of persuasion that appeals to the imagination as well. You're inviting people to try on a different story about who we are and what we are here for. Try on a different story as a way of making sense of the world.
All of us make our way in the world oriented by some big story that arranges things for us. So Alasdair MacIntyre, the noted Notre Dame philosopher, says, "I can't answer the question, 'What am I to do?' unless I can first answer 'Of what story am I a part?'"
I'm not going to prove my story but simply invite someone to listen to it. This is the big story Scripture tells of who we are and what we're for. Try it on. Does it help make more sense of aspects of our experience that your story doesn't? My wager is my story is more comprehensive, does more justice to the messiness of our experience in the world; I think your story tries to solve too many things too quickly. My story is more open-ended. and does better justice to how we experience evil.
TAP: In Mere Apologetics Alister McGrath suggests addressing people's longings: Where do these longings for justice or beauty or goodness come from?
Yes, start from those longings. TAP
The second half of this interview will be published in our Christmas issue.


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August 12, 2009 (CHICAGO) --Two 16-year-old boys are charged in three separate attacks late Sunday and early Monday on the North Side -- including one in Roscoe Village. Police say they allegedly beat a victim in the head with a baseball bat and stole a minivan.
"He was clobbered with a baseball bat and hit repeatedly,'' according to a Chicago police captain.
The 16-year olds are among four teens police were questioning in the attacks on Tuesday.
Two of the teens were released without being charged.


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As you'll know if you listened to the first episode of our podcast, Thomas Clipper has a peculiar take on facial hair. In that we're not scared of it....
Of course we sell razors, and of course we see beards everywhere. From bankers to baristas, facial hair doesn't get in the way of professionalism in the same way that it did a few years ago.
And that's brilliant for Thomas Clipper. At the end of the day, we're in the business of better design, and creating a more relaxed, enjoyable way to clean shave. A chance to slow down.
We think this is a sea change. When we talk to our customers they have less of a 'I have to shave for work' attitude, and more of a 'I want to shave because it relaxes me, and it feels fantastic' mindset.
Without the rise of the respectable beard we would still be in the paradigm of necessity – you've got to shave, so you might as well get it over with.
But thanks to the ubiquity of workplace stubble us chaps are increasingly shaving because we want to, not because we have to. And that's a good reason to get it right.
So three cheers for stubble: and when you want to shave it off, three cheers for a single blade razor that can dispatch a week's growth without a second thought.


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02 May 2013
Party! We are happy to release version 1.5.0 of our Promoset Module.
What are the new features?
- When a promoset bundle has visibility "not shown individually", you can configure if the promoset needs to be shown on the product detail page of the child
- Allow required custom options on child (drop them in price of promoset)
- Ability to show promotions of the promoset in the cart
Check it out now:
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ADDTabz Review: What You Need To Know
One of the biggest problems that people face, especially young students, is that of trying to stay focused and get everything done.
ADD and ADH are becoming a huge problem in today's world, with medications being prescribed to help keep symptoms under control.
The medication is supposed to help the person's energy level and their overall focus. Adderall is perhaps the most popular drug of choice. Prescribed to just about every age group, from children to adults, it helps cut back on the symptoms. Now because of what these drugs can do – from helping your energy, getting you into a better mood and helping your focus – obviously people are going to want this, even if they don't have ADD or ADHD. And the medication ends up being sold on the black market. Now if this medicine wasn't specifically given to you by a doctor, you can run into your fair share of problems. It's not just dumb and dangerous but it can also be pretty expensive. People know they can get good money for it, so they ask outrageous prices. And people pay them.
ADDTabz Advantages…
And that's where ADDtabz come into play. As a first advantage, they aren't a prescription. And in terms of effectiveness, they actually claim to do a lot more successful job than Aderall – and they claim to do it a lot safer, too. You also won't be breaking the law by buying them, either. So that's a pretty big plus. The way Gentech ADDtabz works is for both professional and school-related needs. It also claims that is it very specific to help your cognitive function and overall mental state. So the perks you're going to get from it are things like a better memory, a bigger learning volume, overall better brain functions, better moods and, if you suffer from anxiety, you will see this go down as well. Made by Genentech Pharmaceuticals, who likes to give themselves the title of most trusted in the "designer" pharmacy industry. They have a deep history in both the development of prescription drugs as well as the research. They have a couple of products on their own, which all target the mental performance as well as weight loss.
ADDTabz Ingredients…
We wanted to check out what makes up the supplement, and how effective it is. As for the ingredients, the formula is made up of a few different things, like trimethylxanthine, cytidine 5' diphospocholinem/choline bitartrate matrix, octopamine, and methyl synephrine. Citicholine is also called cytidine 5' diphospocholinem and is a pretty popular agent when it comes to helping with both energy and focus. It has been shown in many clinical studies to help in these two areas. Now the most interesting ingredient we found was the methyl synephrine. You might be surprised to learn that this is also bitter orange. Even more surprisingly, this plant has been used for decades, and date all the way back to ancient Chinese medicine times. It's been used for a wide variety of ailments, ranging from weight loss to even people suffering from exhaustion. So that's one reason why so many people want this magic pill. Because of the bitter orange, there is a certain good feeling that comes along with it. Mixed in with its other positive advantages, you've got yourself a pretty decent pill. And all of these ingredients are what made up ADDTabz, which ends up having a pretty similar formula to Adderall.
When Do You Take ADDTabz?
For this specific pill, you're going to want to take 1 table half an hour before you eat your first meal of the morning. Then do the same before you eat lunch. In order to get the best outcome, you will want to have a pretty empty stomach and tons of water on hand. Obviously, there are a lot of advantages that come along with ADDTabz. One of those is going to be the mental focus and energy we talked earlier about. And another major plus is the fact that you don't need a prescription for it. As a major bonus, you're going to see a lot of positive reviews from real users that have actually used the product. But like most of these products, there are quite a few disadvantages. One of those is that ADDtabz had an ingredient that has some controversy around it. In fact, it's actually banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency. While this is pretty big on its own, there also isn't any satisfaction guarantee. As for our own opinion, we find it to be pretty safe, and it's all natural. Plus, there aren't any kind of stimulants that generally cause those nasty unwanted side effects. But a lot of people that want to go for this kind of pill are generally looking for pills that go hand in hand with Adderall and other types of prescribed medications. If you're looking for something close to this, ADDtabz is the way to go.
ADDTabz Results…
The scary part about it is that it looks pretty close to Aderall – yet there isn't any major fall or crash afterward. You will find your focus and overall concentration is going to be pretty amazing, which will result in higher levels of productivity. While you might not want to take it on a daily basis, you can still take it every so often to keep you focused and working hard. It's an especially good solution if you want something that isn't a prescribed medication. About thirty minutes after you take the dose, you will feel it starting to work. And that feeling will stay for around two hours. In terms of it starting to wear off you will likely feel it at the 5-hour mark, with the 10-hour mark leaving no feelings or traces of it behind.
However, one downside is this – there is the possibility that you could build up a tolerance to it. So the more you take, the more you will need to get the same effects. These are all important things you want to keep in mind. -Terry Asher
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What is Booksident.in?
Booksident.in is categorized as a browser hijacker that can change your default homepage and DNS settings. The Booksident.in is caused by an ad-supported extension for Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome, which is distributed through various monetization platforms during installation. This extension sneaks into your computer mainly through the installation of freeware and shareware. It can be bundled into your computer through the installation process. Besides, it hides in junk emails that contain malicious links and infected attachments.
Once Booksident.in gets inside your computer, your screen will be bombarded with pop-ups, sponsored links, banners or interstitials. It can also change the default DNS settings of browsers like Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet explorer. Therefore, you're always redirected to various wrong websites which might be contaminated with serious viruses.
What harms Booksident.in can do to computer?
If Booksident.in really gets into your computer, it will hit your Windows registry and change your browser setting without seeking your approval. Your may notice that your homepage is replaced by other suspicious website. Besides, When you go to the internet Booksident.in automatically opens in new tabs. Furthermore, as the ads are immensely unreliable, if you click on just one of them, more unwanted malware may get installed on your PC. Due to the ads' continuous appearance, your computer's performance will slow down to a crawl, and you'll start to experience frequent system crashes. Worse still, it may collect your confidential information like your online bank account, credit card details, email address and password, then show it to the third-party. It means you suffer from information disclose. Hence, it is strongly suggested to uninstall Booksident.in from your system immediately.
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1. Access Window's Start Menu and select "Control Panel".
2. Select "Programs and Features".
Step 2. Delete relevant registry from Registry Editor
• Call out "Run" box by pressing "Windows" key + "R" key on your keyboard;
• Type "Regedit" into the Run box and click OK to open Registry Editor
Delete them all:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternetExplorerMain "Default_Page_URL"
HKEY_LOCAL_Machine\Software\Classes\[adware name]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\[adware name]
Step 3. Remove Booksident.in homepage from Chrome, Firefox and IE
Open Google Chrome
- In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
- Remove the Booksident.in by clicking on the little recycle bin
- Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind
Open Mozilla Firefox
- Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
- Disable the unwanted Extension
- Go to Help
- Then Troubleshoot information
- Click on Reset Firefox
Open Internet Explorer
- On the Upper Right Corner Click on the Gear Icon
- Click on Internet options
- go to Toolbars and Extensions and disable the unknown extensions
- Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset
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BSc (Hons) Digital Marketing
Digital Marketing is the chosen marketing approach for many companies and is now a major component of any marketing plan.
If you want to study the most up-to-date, integrated Digital Marketing degree around, validated by industry, then this is for you.
Start your career solving real problems for real clients, whilst being taught by award winning lecturers who are enthusiastic about their subjects.
This course has been awarded Graduate Gateway status by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and you will have the opportunity to gain professional qualifications alongside your studies.
College C58
Course Length:
3 years (4 years with work placement) Full Time
Entry Requirements
Typical Offer (individual offers may vary):
A levels: BBC - CCC
A level / BTEC / Cambridge Technical combination (including AS / EPQ): 104 to 120 UCAS Tariff Points
BTEC / Cambridge Technical: DDM –DMM
GCSEs: English language and mathematics at grade C or better
International Baccalaureate: 28 points
Postgraduate Pathways
Alumni receive a 15% discount on postgraduate courses at Chichester.
Postgraduate study options available at Chichester include PGCE and Masters.
- MA Management and Leadership
- MSc International Business
- PGCE Primary
- Postgraduate Research (PhD)
Course content
This degree route provides a critical appreciation of the elements which digital marketing strategies cover, including web site development and analytics, consumer behaviour, social media marketing, digital campaign planning and branding within the global marketing context.
You will be introduced to current and relevant examples of digital marketing and be given the opportunity to develop digital marketing plans for a range of companies and situations.
Contemporary issues in digital marketing will be discussed and used in class groups to develop your understanding of the opportunities and multi-channel management decisions facing marketers.
Using this knowledge, allied to the use of models and tools, will prepare you for employment in areas such as, campaign management, paid search advertising, and other digital marketing roles.
Our facilities
You will undertake your marketing workshops in training rooms that are bang up-to-date with design features, touch screen electronic white boards and high speed wifi; housed across three stunning Georgian mansions. All of our current students love the learning environment, the culture, camaraderie and the fact that tutors know them by name so they are more than just a 'face in the crowd'.
What's more you have lots of other facilities on this dedicated university campus including latest books, journals and online data in a truly modern library, an IT centre, a student zone complete with Costa Coffee, a gym and much more, oh and if that's not quite enough for your needs we are just across the road from the beach - brilliant for creativity and inspiration.
Where this can take you
This degree has been developed with input from a range of industry experts and we anticipate that there will be strong demand for our graduates.
The anticipated employment opportunities will be with communications agencies (advertising, PR, sponsorship, market research, social media, digital, etc) and employers who require work ready graduates to manage their digital marketing activities.
Course accreditations
Indicative modules
Year 1
- Introduction to Marketing
- Social Media Marketing
- Programming for the Web
- Business Information Systems
- Academic and Professional Skills
- Management and Organisations
Year 2
- Consumer Buyer Behaviour
- Brands and Branding
- Luxury Branding
- Analysing and Improving Web Design and Performance
- Digital Campaign Planning
- Data Analytics SQL/non SQL
- Research Skills
- Professional Graduate
Final Year
- Strategic Marketing Management
- Personalising the Commercial Web Experience
- Agency Life (double module)
- Consultancy Project (double module)
- 10 week work placement (double module)
Teaching and assessment
The course content is delivered through a mixture of small group (typically 25 students, or less) lectures, workshops, tutorials and incorporates online discussions, video, guest speakers and client visits, as well as the more traditional face to face teaching methods.
The emphasis in assessments is on live client projects which can be undertaken individually, or collaboratively and are assessed through client presentations, peer group assessment, creative and technology outlets (such as posters, websites, blogs, social media), reports and for those that pursuing professional association qualifications, by examination.
This course has been awarded Graduate Gateway status by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and you will have the opportunity to gain professional qualifications alongside your studies.
Additional Costs
Additional Costs
As a University of Chichester student you will be provided with many things to support you but there may be additional costs which you may encounter whilst studying. The information below will help you understand our provision and what else you need to budget for.
What you can expect from us
All of your teaching and assessments are included in your tuition fees, including, lectures/guest lectures and tutorials, seminars, laboratory sessions and specialist teaching facilities. You will also have access to a wide range of support and services:
• Materials for laboratory and field-based teaching activity;
• A range of student services – advisors, help desks, counsellors, placement support and careers service;
• The general Library services are free for students and our e-resources are available wherever you are. However, you may become liable for fines if you don't return items on time;
• Open access IT spaces, wi-fi across the campuses and in the halls of residence, AV equipment to borrow;
• Access to support from our Careers Service;
• Disability and additional learning support;
• The Language Centre to help you develop/improve foreign or English language skills;
• 24 hours a day security team.
Costs of living and other expenses you may need to consider:
• Accommodation and living costs;
• Text books (but do remember that our library is stocked with a large range of text books for all courses, as well as online resources such as industry journals, free of charge);
• General stationery and other supplies such as presentation materials;
• Photocopying and printing (note: a hard copy of each assessment to be submitted is required);
• The library is charged for the Inter Library Loans service - we pass this cost on directly to our customers;
• Travel to, from and between campuses (note that the U7 and Number 50 bus services offer a subsided travel rate);
• Gym membership: check out our student membership packages, sports events, varsity teams, information about our new facilities and more on the Sport webpages;
• Dance / Theatre passes – these provide discounted entry to a range of performances;
• Field Trips / Educational Visits – these are optional and do not have to be undertaken to complete the programme. Students make a contribution towards the cost (e.g. travel, sometimes accommodation);
• If you require a Diagnostic Assessment for a Specific Learning Difficulty such as Dyslexia, the University may be able to assist you arrange this. You will be required to pay for this assessment, although some financial assistance may be possible from the University Hardship Fund. Further information is available from the Disability and Dyslexia Service. For more information, please click here
• Graduation: It is free for the student to attend the ceremony itself. Graduands must wear academic dress. Academic dress, guest tickets and photography are additional costs payable by the student.
Courses with a DBS enhanced disclosure check charge of £44:
• FD & BSc Community Sports Coaching
• Early Childhood Studies
• FD & BSc Football Coaching and Performance
• Humanistic Counselling
• Mathematics for Teaching KS 2 / 3
• Physical Education & Primary Years
• Physical Education & Sports Coaching
• Physical Education & Secondary Years
• Primary Teaching
• Primary Teaching (Early Years)
• All PGCEs
• BA and MA Social Work
• Sport Development
• Sport Business & Management
• Sport Studies
• Sport Coaching & Science
Financial help available from the University
We offer a number of scholarships and bursaries to students who are beginning their studies at Chichester. Our Finance pages provides details on living costs, budgeting and paying your tuition fees.
Marketing Forum
The Marketing Forums are a series of events for students and business that enable invited business to present a real life marketing issue to students for them to discuss, review and propose solutions for.
Established and run by Senior Lecturer in Marketing Lionel Bunting, the Forums take place throughout the academic year usually on a Wednesday evening at the end of the working day.
These events are a great way to experience working with marketing and business undergraduates at the Business School, and as a result of participating many businesses go on to offer semester long projects after seeing just how much value our students can offer their business.
These fast paced sessions follow a 5 x 20 minute block schedule - 20 minute networking, refreshments and welcome, then a 20 minute guest talk, 20 minute interactive activity followed by 2 x 20 minute business consultancy rotations. Students are presented with a business issue or problem that they need to fix and are encouraged to ask probing questions, suggest ideas and discuss possible solutions.